MULTIMEDIA TERMS AND SKILLS TO KNOW Multimedia- is defined as any presentation or program that combines two or more types of media, such as graphics, sound, video, animation, and/or text. Two of the most popular forms of multimedia that students are familiar with are video games and Internet web sites. Programs that you might have used to create a multimedia presentation are Macromedia Flash, Hyperstudio, Keynote, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Animation - diagrams or cartoons that move to show action; made up of a sequence of images displayed one after the other.
Branching - A feature that allows the user to move in multiple directions based on selections made.
Button - A spot added to enable the use of multimedia options like sound, movies, or animation; or to allow user to move to the next slide or image.
Storyboard - A graphic organizer used for planning and developing a multimedia report/presentation.
Linear Presentation - A story or presentation where each event occurs in certain order. This type of presentation has a beginning and an end and move in a straight line, either forward or backward.
Non-Linear Presentation – Navigation in this type of presentation is based on choices listed in a menu on a storyboard. A user might jump from screen 1 to screen 5 to screen 3, based on the menu items and choices made.
Inserting links - when inserting a link, copy the URL first, then depending on the version use the insert menu.
Inserting video - when inserting a video, first save the video to the same folder that contains the Powerpoint, copy the link, then depending on the version, use the insert menu.
Inserting images - locate the image (c drive, flash drive, etc.) and use the insert menu to load image file.
Linear - A straight line or path; a multimedia presentation that moves from slide to slide in a straight line without any navigation control for the viewer.
Narration - The printed text giving instruction or information or recorded voice played during a multimedia presentation.
Non-Linear - Not moving in a straight line; a multimedia presentation that content offers user interactivity to control progress such as in a computer game.
Background - the base or backdrop color; in order to distinguish any image on screen, whether text or graphics, there must be a contrasting background color.
Slide Show - a presentation of linear or non-linear multimedia
Sound - music, speech, or sound effects when recorded is used to accompany a multimedia presentation to make it more interesting
Storyboard - A set of plans representing slides in the sequence they will be displayed.
Transition - an effect added in a multimedia presentation that joins one slide to another. Examples of transitions are fade, fly in, enter from left.
Video Clips - short movies saved to be available for use in multimedia
Web-based - any software that runs on or interacts with a web site; the software may be on the Internet or on an in-house intranet.
Use PowerPoint or Keynote to practice multimedia skills
Atomic Learning PowerPoint Video Tutorials Mac 2008 PC 2007 Atomic Learning Keynote Video Tutorials Mac 2008
Multimedia- is defined as any presentation or program that combines two or more types of media, such as graphics, sound, video, animation, and/or text. Two of the most popular forms of multimedia that students are familiar with are video games and Internet web sites. Programs that you might have used to create a multimedia presentation are Macromedia Flash, Hyperstudio, Keynote, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Skills needed:
Multimedia Resources - Lessons, games, practice
Use PowerPoint or Keynote to practice multimedia skills
Atomic Learning PowerPoint Video Tutorials
Mac 2008
PC 2007
Atomic Learning Keynote Video Tutorials
Mac 2008